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Seoul Delays Decision on WMD Initiative

Chosun - Monday 20th May, 2013

North Korea launched two more short-range missiles into the sea on Monday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, the Defense Ministry in Seoul said. They were fired from mobile launch vehicles in the same area near Wonsan, Kangwon Province and aimed away from South Korea in a northeasterly ...
Korean-Made Satellites Ready for Launch

Chosun - Monday 20th May, 2013

North Korea launched two more short-range missiles into the sea on Monday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, the Defense Ministry in Seoul said. They were fired from mobile launch vehicles in the same area near Wonsan, Kangwon Province and aimed away from South Korea in a northeasterly ...
College Entrance Exam Scores Reveal Regional Gap

Chosun - Monday 20th May, 2013

The SAT subject test in biology scheduled for June in Korea has now also been cancelled over suspicions that test questions were leaked. The U.S. College Board, which administers the SAT, made the announcement on ...

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New Trains to Service Subway Line 3 from June

Chosun - Monday 20th May, 2013

The SAT subject test in biology scheduled for June in Korea has now also been cancelled over suspicions that test questions were leaked. The U.S. College Board, which administers the SAT, made the announcement on ...
Seoul shares seen higher flirting with 2000-point mark

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

SEOUL | Mon May 20, 2013 7:39pm EDT SEOUL May 21 (Reuters) - Seoul shares may open higher on Tuesday after global markets mostly rose overnight, with the psychologically significant 2,000-point mark within reach, analysts said. "The market will try and touch the 2,000 points today, though it currently lacks compelling catalysts to help it stay firmly at that level," said Kim ...

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Seoul World Design Capital

In 2010, Seoul held the title of World Design Capital for the year, a coveted acknowledgment of the city’s progress in the development of its design-oriented industries and a foundation for the implementation of further development projects in preparation for 2010.

Seoul is a thriving global city of over 12 million people and the capital of South Korea, a country that has seen rapid development over the last few decades to become one of the newly emerged first world countries of the late 20^th century. Read more

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Much of Seoul bears the distinct stamp of the 21st century -- 12-lane freeways carry a constant stream of traffic between steel-and-glass skyscrapers. But if you look more closely, you'll find ancient temples miraculously spared destruction in the Korean War, as well as painstakingly restored historic palaces whose designs date back centuries. Great effort has gone into preserving Korean history and culture despite what seems like a headlong rush into the future. Mere steps away from the bustle of commerce, you can find yourself in the serenity of a traditional garden or a market overflowing with ginseng, jade and dried squid.

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After two weeks detention North Korea frees Chinese boat and 16 fishermen

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

PYONGYANG - A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen held by armed North Koreans for more than two weeks have been released, easing the latest tension in relations between the neighbouring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who was not on board the boat when it was seized on 5 May, wrote on his microblog that his captain called him at 3.50am to say the crew and boat were set free and that they were on their way ...
Situation on Korean Peninsula still serious

Seoul News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea's recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea has said. "We continue to face a grave situation due to a series of provocations and nuclear threats by North Korea," said South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at an annual conference of chiefs of overseas diplomatic missions in ...
N. Korea releases detained Chinese sailors and boat

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

BEIJING: North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat yesterday, Chinese state media said, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage fuelled strains between the neighbours."All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back," China's Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from ...
North Korean border town opens to Western tourists

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

No Sinuiju itinerary is complete without hitting up this statue of late North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung, and the North Pyongan Province Revolutionary Museum behind ...

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Massive tornado rips through Oklahoma killing dozens

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

WASHINGTON - A massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma city and its suburbs in the United States killing at least 24 people, including nine children, besides leaving scores homeless. As winds at over 320 kilometers per hour (kmph) flattened homes and businesses and severely damaged a hospital and two elementary school, the death toll was earlier said to be more than 90 but it was ...
Thein Sein praised for reforms in Myanmar but urged to end violence against Muslims

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama praised the reforms of Myanmar leader Thein Sein but urged him to end violence against Muslims. Sein is the country's first president to visit the White House in almost half a century. Speaking from the US capital Monday Obama said he recognized Sein's work to guide Myanmar down "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to ...
Roadside bombing kills six Afghan policemen in Herat

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan - At least six Afghan policemen guarding a strategically important dam were killed in a roadside bombing Tuesday in the war-torn country's western province of Herat, officials said. They said that suspected Taliban insurgents triggered the explosion when a police patrol vehicle heading to Herat city was travelling in the Chashti Shareef district of the province. "There ...

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Barroro voices concern over estimated one trillion euro tax evasion

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

BRUSSELS - Voicing concern about tax evasion that is estimated at one trillion euros, European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said Tuesday that EU leaders will meet at a one-day summit on Wednesday to negotiate solution. The European Union can't afford to let tax evasion go on the way it is. Such large amounts of money, currently sitting in tax havens, would be greatly beneficial ...
German central bank sees signals of economic pick up in Q2

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

FRANKFURT - Germany's central bank Deutsche Bundesbank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter relying on signals of pick up in industrial orders and likelihood of weather related downturn in construction sector no longer impacting investment sentiments a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of recession. "Overall ...
HNL cancer drug trial discontinued by Pfizer

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

NEW YORK - Pharma major Pfizer has discontinued the development of cancer candidate inotuzumab ozogamicin, which is part of a class of therapies called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), in the haematological cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma after it failed to show benefit in overall survival during phase III trials. Pfizer has notified the study investigators and appropriate regulatory authorities ...
Merger pact by GrubHub and Seamless to stave off rivals

Seoul News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

WASHINGTON - GrubHub Inc. and Seamless North America LLC, two of the biggest online services for food-delivery in the U.S., have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their companies to take on rivals in the growing market for online meal orders. The merger will create a combined company well positioned to drive more orders to restaurants, deliver a better experience for hungry ...